MONTECRISTO Magazine is a regional lifestyle magazine

Lifestyle magazine

Lifestyle magazine is an umbrella term for popular magazines concerned with lifestyle. There is no universally accepted definition of what constitutes a lifestyle magazine: it is often used to encompass a number of men's magazines, women's magazines and magazines about health and fitness, tourism,...

 in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, BC, Canada. MONTECRISTO was launched in December 2008 by Canadian entrepreneur Pasquale Cusano, who is also the founder and publisher of NUVO (magazine)

NUVO (magazine)

NUVO is a lifestyle magazine, founded by Canadian entrepreneur Pasquale Cusano, which publishes Canadian and international content on a wide variety of subjects...

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Editorial Content

MONTECRISTO is said to share an “insight on west coast life” Stories cover a broad range of interests including food and wine, culture, travel, technology and automobiles, business, design, architecture, beauty, fashion and the arts, with a particular emphasis on the artisanal approach to life. The current issue, Autumn 2011, features a cover story on beauty products with local and natural ingredients from British Columbia, international art consultants Farmboy Fine Arts, and Bonnie Brooks and the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

. Past stories have included the outdoor apparel company Arc'teryx

Arc'teryx

Arc'teryx is an outdoor clothing and sporting goods company founded in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1989. The name and logo of Arc'teryx refer to the Archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird...

, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...

; visual artist Steven Shearer

Steven Shearer

Steven Shearer is a contemporary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has exhibited internationally, including the Tate Modern in London, The New Museum, the Barbara Gladstone Gallery in New York, the Galerie Eva Presenhuber in Zurich, and the Renaissance Society in Chicago...

; freestyle swimmer Brent Hayden

Brent Hayden

Brent Matthew Hayden is a Canadian swimmer.Hayden was born and raised in Mission, British Columbia and started swimming when he was five. In his youth, he earned a blackbelt in Isshin Ryu karate. He attended the University of British Columbia for one year...

; Daniel Lalonde, CEO of Moët & Chandon and Dom Pérignon

Dom Pérignon (wine)

Dom Pérignon is a brand of vintage Champagne produced by the Champagne house Moët & Chandon and serves as that house's prestige champagne. It is named after Dom Pérignon, a Benedictine monk who was an important quality pioneer for Champagne wine but who, contrary to popular myths, did not discover...

 worldwide, Chan Hon Goh

Chan Hon Goh

Chan-hon Goh , born in 1969 in Beijing, China, was a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada....

 former principal dancer at the National Ballet of Canada

National Ballet of Canada

The National Ballet of Canada is Canada's largest ballet troupe. It was founded by Celia Franca in 1951 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. Based upon the unity of Canadian trained dancers in the tradition and style of England's Royal Ballet, The National is regarded as one of the premier classical...

and now director of Goh Ballet Academy; and Imran Amed, founder and editor of the blog The Business of Fashion.

Circulation and Distribution

MONTECRISTO Magazine distributes 30,000 copies per quarter to the metro Vancouver area. MONTECRISTO is printed by Rhino Print Solutions located in Richmond, British Columbia.

Editors

Craig David Long is the associate editor at MONTECRISTO. Jim Tobler was the founding editor of MONTECRISTO when the magazine launched in December 2008 and is now a consulting editor.